What is ADSL?
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What does ADSL means?
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
Instant Connection:
One click and the user is online. No more waiting to establish a connection.
Simultaneous Voice and Data Connections Over The Same Line:
ADSL end-users can make voice calls and access
real-time stock quotes on the internet simultaneously or send a FAX while browsing the
World Wide Web. There's no need for a second phone line.
Key Reasons to Use ADSL for High-Speed Internet Access:
With ADSL, you can still use your telephone or
fax machine while surfing the Internet, which provides enormous advantages whether at home
or at work. Businesses and homes around the
world are already running out of spare lines on existing installed telephone lines, so
effectively doubling your capacity in this way is a real benefit.
ADSL provides
affordable high-speed remote access to the Internet, corporate networks, and on-line
services over ordinary phone lines. ADSL
offers speeds of up to:
45 times faster than 28.8 Kbps modems
30 times faster than 56 Kbps modems
10 times faster
than 128 Kbps ISDN
ADSL enables use
of real-time, interactive multimedia and broadcast-quality video for such new services as
collaborative computing, video conferencing, distance learning and video-on-demand. ADSL provides a private, secure channel of
communications between you and the service provider.
More Security:
ADSL provides a permanent, dedicated connection. It's dedicated to the user and no
one else, compared to cable telephone and cable modems which offer access over a shared
cable medium. Your data travels along your own line.
Because it's your
own dedicated line, transmission speeds are not affected by other users going on-line. With cable modems, transmission speeds drop
significantly as more and more users go on-line at the same time.
ADSL is
"always on" and connected - just like your telephone. There is no time wasted dialing up the service
several times a day and waiting to be connected - ADSL is on standby, waiting ready for
use whenever you are.
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Internet Service Provider